Konstantin Alexandrovich Fedin (February 12 (24), 1892, Saratov, Russian Empire - July 15, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian Soviet writer and journalist, special correspondent. First Secretary (1959-1971) and Chairman of the Board (1971-1977) of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Arts (GDR) (1958). Hero of Socialist Labor (1967). The book includes: the widely known novel "First Joys," the story "I was an actor" and stories.